Seal for bags, &amp;c.



PATENTED MAR. 8,. 1904.

LE BOY J SIMMONS. SEAL FUR BAGS, &*0.

APPLICATION mm JUNE 24 1903 H0 MODEL.

O nu Patented March 8, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

LE ROY J. SIMMONS, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

SEAL FOR BAGS, 80c.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 754,099, dated March 8,1904.

Application filed June 24, 1903. Serial No. 162,897. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LE ROY J. SIMMONS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Albany, New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Seals for Bags and other Articles; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention has for its object the secure sealing of bags and othersimilar articles, so that the same may not be opened without beingreadily detected and to make my seal more simple and easier of use thanother seals now use In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a front' elevationof my seal, showing the soft-metal block in cross-section; Fig. 2, anedge view of the soft-metal block; Fig. 3, a side elevation of saidblock; Fig. 4, a side elevation of my device, showing the block with anoffset therein made so as to retain the wires; Fig. 5, a side elevationof a bag with my device attached, showing one form of its application;and Fig. 6, a similar View showing another form of its application.

Heretofore seals have been in use having cords or strings passed throughthe block and supposedly made fast therein, and some have been made ofwire; but such have been faulty, in this that they could be tamperedwith without detection.

In my device the numerals 1 1 show a wire of any material desired havingthe wire pin 2 attached thereto and a soft-metal ball 3 preferably castabout the jointure, so as to prevent its removal from the wire 1 1. Thewire pin 2 has a sharp point, preferably as seen. The block 4 ispreferably of soft metal, such as lead, and has as many perforations asthere are wires 1 1 and pins 2, in the drawings shown as three. When theends of the wires 1 1 and pin 2 are inserted in the said perforations,as seen in Figs. 1 and 4, the block is bent, as seen in Fig.4, by a pairof nippers, preferably,

which bends the wires and the pin so they canengage it therefrom andalso impossible to tamper with the contents of the bag without breakingthe wires 1 1 or the pin 2 or the block 4, such interference beingreadily seen and detected. In Fig. 6 is seen another manner of use, thewires 1 1 being simply longer than those shown in the other figures.

In Fig. 6 the pin 2 is first stuck through the folds of the material ofthe mouth of the bag 6. Then the wires 1 1 are wrapped tightly aroundthe folds, and their ends, with that of the pin 2, project beyond thefolds, as seen, when the block 4 is placed in connection with them andbent as seen, when the bags contents cannot be tampered with withoutimmediate detection, and at the same time the wires 1 1 act as a tie tothe bag, keeping its mouth closed better than can be done with anordinary cord, my device therefore becoming a tie for a bag as well as aseal therefor. When the wires are so wound around the folds, as seen at7 the pin 2 prevents their being unwound, and the most that can be donetoward this end will be to fold the block 4 back upon the ball 3, whichwill not untie the bag. 1

In Fig. 5 I show the top wire as lying behind the folds of the bag, thepin 2 as piercing the folds, and the other wire as lying in I the bag orother article to be sealed and the ends of the tie passed around it, theends of the tie and pin or stud passing into the perforations of theblock and firmly fixed therein substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature I5 in presence of twoWitnesses.

LE ROY J. SIMMONS. Witnesses:

W. M; BROWN, JAMES M. BROWN.

